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. 2023 Jun 22;270(10):4903–4913. doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-11823-x

Table 2.

Differences in cognitive performance stratified by language

Language Symbol Digit Modalities Test Category Fluency Test Stroop Color Naming Test Stroop Word Reading Test Stroop Interference Test Trail Making Test-A Trail Making Test -B Letter Fluency Test
English 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
German − 2.86 [− 3.77, − 2.03] 0.94 [0.45,1.41] − 3.03 [− 4.22, − 1.85] 2.95 [1.43, 0.37] − 1.87 [− 2.83, − 0.96] 0.05 [0.02, 0.08] 0.05 [0.01, 0.09] − 4.19 [− 5.37, − 3.05]
Spanish − 2.14 [− 3.38, − 0.88] 0.07 [− 0.61,0.75] − 1.70 [− 3.43, 0.02] 7.28 [5.25, 9.39] 1.25 [− 0.12, 2.61] 0.18 [0.14, 0.23] 0.21 [0.16, 0.26] − 2.46 [− 4.03, − 0.88]
French 2.46 [− 1.70, 6.59] 1.04 [− 1.13,3.40] 7.97 [2.79, 13.62] 6.97 [− 0.12,14.01] 2.62 [− 1.49, 6.85] − 0.05 [− 0.20,0.10] − 0.09 [− 0.26,0.08] 5.09 [0.09, 10.09]
Canadian French 0.39 [− 1.87, 2.64] − 1.50 [− 2.76, − 0.28] 2.06 [− 1.16, 5.11] 2.14 [− 2.00, 5.69] − 0.13 [− 2.43, 2.25] − 0.02 [− 0.11,0.06] − 0.08 [− 0.17,0.02] − 0.29 [− 3.27, 2.69]
Dutch − 0.05 [− 2.84, 2.85] 2.71 [1.18, 4.33] 1.35 [− 2.50, 5.08] 2.97 [− 1.91, 7.37] 2.10 [− 1.10, 4.89] − 0.10 [− 0.20,0.00] − 0.11 [− 0.22,0.00] − 5.06 [− 8.61, − 1.61]
Italian − 6.29 [− 7.58, − 4.90] − 0.88 [− 1.65, − 0.11] − 4.19 [− 6.03, − 2.24] 1.64 [− 0.64, 3.94] − 1.66 [− 3.15, − 0.14] 0.24 [0.18, 0.29] 0.27 [0.20, 0.33] − 2.49 [− 4.40, − 0.62]
Latin-America − 6.57 [− 9.71, − 2.83] − 2.19 [− 4.20, − 0.13] − 8.15 [− 12.93, − 3.61] − 3.91 [− 9.55, 1.97] − 2.51 [− 6.41, 1.36] 0.41 [0.28, 0.54] 0.44 [0.29, 0.59] − 0.38 [− 5.14, 4.10]
Polish − 6.00 [− 7.97, − 4.12] − 0.17 [− 1.19, 0.93] − 7.02 [− 9.64, − 4.03] − 7.80 [− 11.03, − 4.47] − 4.78 [− 6.85, − 2.66] 0.24 [0.17, 0.31] 0.23 [0.15, 0.31] 1.21 [− 1.13, 3.62]
Danish 0.82 [− 3.39, 5.00] 3.00 [0.73, 5.43] − 0.83 [− 6.49, 4.91] − 4.38 [− 11.30, 3.07] 0.26 [− 4.47, 4.77] − 0.12 [− 0.29,0.03] − 0.01 [− 0.18,0.17] 3.01 [− 2.25, 8.36]

Values represent posterior means and their 95% posterior probability intervals (PPI, in brackets); posteriors of non-English languages were compared to English as a reference category; consequently, negative values indicate lower score, positive values indicate higher score than the one observed with English speaking participants